John Jakes Quotes
'Iron can destroy anything: families, fortunes, governments,whole countries. It's the most powerful stuff in the universe.''Oh?' Orry's skeptical glance fell down on the Plain below. 'You really think it's more powerful than a big army?''Without weapons - without this - there are no big armies.'
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Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.
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When a 300-pound person like me is playing, I'm supposed to drink at least a gallon of water a day.
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I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.
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Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
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You know, as any parent will say, you know, life happens.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.
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To think that guys who grew up in the '60s would make a miniseries supporting the idea that Oswald acted alone is something I certainly wouldn't have predicted. But time and evidence can change the way we view things.
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I just want people to know they are the masters of their own fortune and misfortune. A lot of us think that doctors and drugs are going to control and help us, but the reality is we're our own best doctor.
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I've always looked at filmmaking as a lifestyle. There is no decision of when you go to work. It's a way of life: you're thinking about scripts; you see things and think, 'That could be interesting'... I don't think about my work as, 'Today I'll work on this, this and that.' It just comes to me.
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I tell fans who ask me why I'm not doing comedy anymore that I'm a different person. I've grown and I've matured. I've made a transition to where I really want to be.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.
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Crime novels, it has been said, show the human psyche under pressure.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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My father is very dry and very quick-witted, and my mother is very silly. It was the perfect combination because I got an education in physical and verbal comedy.
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Παύροις γὰρ ἀνδρῶν ἐστι συγγενὲς τόδε,φίλον τὸν εὐτυχοῦντ' ἄνευ φθόνων σέβειν.
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The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don't meet strangers anymore. And strangers are where we have our anonymity. And I believe it's essential for the soul to be anonymous, especially if you're going to be an actor.
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Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you.
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The Love Army is a growing network of people who want to stick up for the underdogs in the red states and blue states in the era of [Donald] Trump.
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I feel that we, as Indians, have a knack for loving a stereotypical, sobbing, sympathy-seeking personality. I feel that we need to promote quirky, cool and youthful talent. We have to stop propagating the sob-story angle of celebs, where they try to be larger-than-life. That is very outdated. It is so boring that it puts you to sleep.
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'Iron can destroy anything: families, fortunes, governments,whole countries. It's the most powerful stuff in the universe.''Oh?' Orry's skeptical glance fell down on the Plain below. 'You really think it's more powerful than a big army?''Without weapons - without this - there are no big armies.'
